AI in Financial Reporting and Audit: Navigating the New Era

How far can artificial intelligence (AI) go in the financial reporting ecosystem? Is the vision of an interconnected ecosystem, with value-added and predictive insights, a near reality or still a far-off aspiration? The research conducted among 1800 financial reporting executives across major economies around the world shines a new light on those questions—and finds that we are standing on the cusp of genuine financial reporting revolution: moving from the ‘digital age’ to the ‘AI age’ in which nothing will ever be quite the same again. While there are hurdles to overcome, companies that have successfully implemented AI in their financial reporting processes are seeing a range of benefits.